Strong Second Half Lifts Tigers to Victory

December 3, 2010

December 3, 2010, Greencastle, Ind. — DePauw used a 10-0 run over a two-minute stretch of the second half
and pulled away from Birmingham-Southern on the way to a 68-39 win in
the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference opener for both schools.

The Tigers, ranked eighth in the latest USA Today/ESPN Division III
Coaches' Poll and 11th by D3hoops.com, improved to 4-1 on the year,
while the Panthers dropped to 3-2.

The first half was a defensive struggle, with the teams combining for
just 13 points in the opening 10 minutes of play. Katie Mathews and
Katie Aldrich jump started the Tiger offense near the end of the half, as
DePauw took a narrow 21-19 advantage into halftime. DePauw shot 36
percent from the field in the first half, while the Panthers connected
on 3-of-9 from behind the arc.

DePauw opened the second half with
a trey by Kate Walker and back-to-back buckets by Kate Aldrich to take a
nine-point lead. The Panthers closed the gap to two, but the Tigers
scored 10 straight including a pair of threes from Lauren Goff. Goff was
4-for-4 from behind the arc in the second half.

The Panthers cut
the lead to nine with 12:25 remaining on a pair of free throws by
Katelyn Wilson, but Goff would answer with another trey, followed by a
Mathews jumper to give DePauw a 45-31 advantage. The visitors responded
with a bucket, but the Tigers scored seven straight to push the lead to
19. DePauw's defense limited the Panthers to just three points over the
game's final eight minutes.

Aldrich led all scorers with 14 points, while Goff and Mathews added
12 each. Pearson and Walker recorded nine points each, while Pearson
grabbed a game-high 15 rebounds. As a team, DePauw shot 60 percent from
the floor in the second half, and finished the game 5-for-7 from beyond
the arc.

Wilson paced Birmingham-Southern with 11 points and four
boards, while Sam Davidson added nine points. The Panthers posted 27.3
percent shooting from the floor during the contest.

The win was the Tigers' 55th consecutive SCAC home victory

DePauw returns to action on Sunday when it hosts Rhodes at Noon.
Birmingham-Southern travels to Centre on Sunday for a Noon contest.

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